Thundershowers soak Hyderabad city22 May 2019 10:43Hyderabadis heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday as the city received brief but intense spell of rain towards the evening, which provided the much needed respite from heat. Many areas in and around the city were drenched in the unexpected thunder showers …

Telangana: KCR demands 2,000 MW more power from Centre19 May 2019 03:36By Express News Service
RAMAGUNDAM/HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday demanded that the Centre supply 2,000 MW of additional power from the NTPC to Telangana, to meet the growing demand.
The chief minister, after inspecting the …

Telangana seeks 2,000 MW power from NTPC18 May 2019 19:09Hyderabad, May 19 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday sought 2,000 MW electricity for his state to meet the growing power demand.
The Chief Minister visited NTPC’s 1,600 MW plant coming up at Ramagundam and reviewed the work …

Have put off Stage II of 2400 mw NTPC Ramagundam plant: Transco18 May 2019 18:37The Telangana State Transmission Company (Transco) on Saturday said it has not cancelled Stage II of NTPC’s 2400 MW power plant to be set up at Ramagundam but has asked to defer its construction.
Transco said that it would take a decision at the right time …

Hyderabad Alert: Heatwave returns today, will remain until May 1815 May 2019 11:06Category: Hyderabad, News Posted by Younus Published: May 15, 2019, 4:08 pm IST Updated: May 15, 2019, 4:08 pm IST
Hyderabad: Heatwave across Telangana state is likely to resume for the next three days with the IMD Hyderabad has issued a heatwave warning …

Hyderabad may witness thunderstorms, gusty winds11 May 2019 08:24Category: Hyderabad, Top Stories Posted by Sameer Published: May 11, 2019, 1:44 pm IST Updated: May 11, 2019, 1:44 pm IST
Hyderabad: Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana may witness thunderstorms and gusty winds till 14th May. It will be a relief for …

New record in property tax collection06 May 2019 12:20In a record-breaking feat, a dozen Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across Telangana collected 100% property tax of the demand raised in the financial year 2018-19 while another 25 of them collected up to 98%! The tax collection of 25 more municipalities was to …

Heat wave grips Andhra Pradesh, mercury crosses 45 degrees05 May 2019 16:39Amaravati, May 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh was in the grip of severe heat wave on Sunday with many places sizzling at over 45 degree Celsius as mercury rose sharply as an after-effect of cyclone ‘Fani’, officials said.
According to Real Time Governance Society …

NFL net profit rises 28 pc to Rs 295.08 crore in for FY1903 May 2019 08:46New Delhi, May 3 () State-owned National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) Friday posted a 27.89 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 295.08 crore in the financial year 2018-19 on record sale. Its net profit had stood at Rs 212.76 crore in the previous …

‘Check exploitation of contract labour’02 May 2019 04:53Slogans espousing the cause of working class unity and demands of equal pay for equal work for daily wagers and contract workers as mandated by the law echoed the streets of the coal hub of Kothagudem on Wednesday as activists of various trade unions took …

Telangana will sizzle for two more days: IMD28 Apr 2019 04:50Hyderabad: The sizzling heat wave conditions that baked Telangana on Saturday, will continue for two more days, the Indian Meteorological Department has warned.
In its forecast for the next four days – up to Wednesday next – the IMD warned heat wave …

Now, K Chandrasekhar Rao bats for early GHMC polls26 Apr 2019 20:19Hyderabad: TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who succeeded in his plan of holding early elections to the Assembly and taking the Opposition by surprise, is said to be planning for snap polls for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal …

3 more MLAs to join TRS; Congress now left with just 6 legislators21 Apr 2019 23:08HYDERABAD: In a fresh blow to Congress, three more of its MLAs are set to join Telangana Rashtra Samithi. The legislators, T Jayaprakash Reddy (Sangareddy), P Veeraiah (Bhadrachalam) and G Venkatramana Reddy (Bhoopalpalli) are expected to formally join the …

Mumbai Crime: Man wanted in 100 cases arrested after 15 years - news13 Apr 2019 11:35On Thursday, they produced Santosh Nair in a city court which remanded him in police custody till Monday
Santosh Nair, 51, had fled from Mumbai after the police foiled his robbery attempt at a Dahisar diamond factory in 2014
The Crime Branch Unit-XII on …

Lok Sabha elections 2019: 68 per cent polling in Karimnagar11 Apr 2019 22:12KARIMNAGAR/ PEDDAPALLI: Polling for 17th Lok Sabha elections began on Wednesday, slowly in the early hours, with less number of voters turning out to polling stations from various parts of Karimnagar and Peddapalli Parliament segments, but later gained …

'Telangana Veerappan' lands in police dragnet10 Apr 2019 09:27HYDERABAD: Elusive timber smuggler Yedla Srinu also dubbed ‘Telangana Veerappan’, who is wanted by forest and police of Telangana, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, finally landed in the police dragnet on Tuesday. Four members of his gang, which has been …

Elusive 'Telangana Veerappan' lands in police net10 Apr 2019 03:34HYDERABAD: Elusive timber smuggler Yedla Srinu also dubbed ‘Telangana Veerappan’, who is wanted by forest and police of Telangana, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, finally landed in the police dragnet on Tuesday. Four members of his gang, which has been …

It's Telangana Rakshasa Samiti, says Yogi Adityanath07 Apr 2019 20:24Peddapalli: People should teach a befitting lesson to parties working against the nation, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a meeting held on the Government Junior College grounds in the district headquarters on Sunday.
He claimed that …

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Ready to lead nation, says K Chandrasekar Rao01 Apr 2019 23:37Peddapalli: The people are vexed with both Congress and BJP governments which have ruled the country for many years. Nothing good will happen to the people or the nation if Mr Rahul Gandhi or Mr Narendra Modi wins in the Lok Sabha elections, said TRS …

New entrants to try their luck from Peddapalli30 Mar 2019 13:06In Peddapalli Parliament reserved constituency, the contestants from three major parties – TRS, Congress and BJP – are new entrants and surprisingly, they all secured party tickets at the last minute.
TRS contestant Borlakunta Venkatesh Nethakani, a Group- …

Mancherial: Six held while trying to sell leopard skin, teeth, nails30 Mar 2019 11:09Mancherial: Ramagundam CCS police on Friday arrested six persons involved in killing a leopard, skinning and trying to sell the skin and its nails to prospective buyers.
Police said another six accused were absconding and they were searching for them. The …

Telangana Rashtra Samithi hits century, has 100 MLAs18 Mar 2019 22:13Hyderabad: The TRS has scored a century in the Assembly, a desire often expressed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao before the elections. Now, thanks to a series of defections, the TRS has reached the 100-mark.
Before the Assembly elections, Mr Rao …

Jagga Reddy to join TRS, sends Congress into tailspin17 Mar 2019 08:12HYDERABAD: With yet another Congress MLA, T Jayaprakash Reddy from Sangareddy, set to join the TRS, and four more waiting in the wings, MLA count in the ruling party is set to cross the 100-member mark.
Jayaprakash Reddy, popularly known as Jagga Reddy, …

Buy Engineers India, target Rs 153: Kotak Securities14 Mar 2019 05:55Kotak Securities has a buy call on Engineers India with a target price of Rs 153.
The current market price of Engineers India is Rs 112.90.
Time period given by the brokerage is one year when Engineers India price can reach the defined target.
Investment …

Sharp rise in day temperatures in Telangana25 Feb 2019 02:40The past four days have seen rising day temperatures across Telangana, with summer round the corner. The temperatures are higher than the corresponding period last year.
The in-charge Director at the India Meteorological Centre here, Y.K. Reddy told The …

How much urea does India really require?21 Feb 2019 15:46A farmer sprinkles fertiliser at his field.
Practically every soil scientist, economist and policymaker agrees that the Indian farmer injudiciously applies urea. The main reason is, of course, its super-subsidised price. At about Rs 5.40 per kg, urea today …

Women Maoists face sexual abuse: Telangana police15 Feb 2019 07:40HYDERABAD: A day after Telangana police said that undue pressure on women cadre in Communist Party of India (Maoist) is leading to suicides, top sources in the police told TOI that the women cadre are allegedly facing sexual abuse. This information came to …

SRSP to provide water to 14.40 lakh acres this Kharif season08 Feb 2019 07:54By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: The State government has decided to provide irrigation water to an ayacut of 14.40 lakh acres through the Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) in the upcoming Kharif season. At a detailed review of the ongoing works of SRSP …

Cabinet approves 85 pc power allocation to Telangana, Jharkhand06 Feb 2019 18:41[India], Feb 6 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Power to allocate 85 per cent power to the government of Telangana generated from Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (4,000 MW) of NTPC.
The Cabinet also approved the …

NTPC red flags payment delays from AP, Karnataka and Telangana05 Feb 2019 10:39Central Public Sector Undertaking NTPC has threatened to ‘regulate’ power supply to Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh from February 9 due to payment delays.
In separate notices posted on NTPC’s website, the power generator said the three southern states …

POWER Digest – February 201901 Feb 2019 06:1302/01/2019 | Darrell Proctor
BHEL Completes India Coal Plant in 46 Months. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) in January said it successfully built and commissioned the single-unit, 800-MW Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (KTPS), in what the …

Nine other highly polluted cities also need clean air plan31 Jan 2019 05:28Express News Service
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad has a clean air action plan in place, developed by the state pollution control board to improve air quality in the city, as part of Central government’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) but what about other …

In Peddapalli, civic workers poison, kill 35 dogs in 10 days31 Jan 2019 05:23HYDERABAD: In a horrific case of animal cruelty, authorities of Ramagundam Municipal Corporation in Peddapalli district, about 200km from Hyderabad, admitted to killing 35 Indie dogs in the past 10 days. They claimed that the dogs were “rabies-affected” or …

Tiger was trapped using ‘ electric fencing’26 Jan 2019 06:34The tiger skin seized by forest officials in northern district of Mancherial in Telangana was that of a Royal Bengal tiger that fell prey to poachers who electrocuted it by laying a trap of barbed wire connected to a power source, police confirmed on …

Second tiger killed in Kawal in one month25 Jan 2019 02:36HYDERABAD: Poachers seem to have had a free run at Kawal tiger reserve in Adilabad with NGO activists helping forest officials nab the men who killed a young tiger in the past fortnight. Activists and officers also recovered the tiger skin that the …

How NTPC plans to get rid of fly ash18 Jan 2019 17:17It is developing ash parks at Varanasi, Raipur, Pune and Cuttack, to make it available to ash-based product manufacturing units at these centres. It recently signed an agreement with NHAI for supply of ash for use in road construction.
Have an idea on how …

Sniffer dog buried with police honours17 Jan 2019 05:57Police sniffer dog Classy, which had served for more than 11 years in the police department in the integrated Karimnagar district in the crucial operations of detection of explosives, was buried with State honours at Godavarikhani in Peddapalli district on …

BHEL wins Largest order for Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Plants16 Jan 2019 19:00Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an order for setting up 129 MW Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) power plants in Telangana from Singareni Collieries Company Limited.
Significantly, valued at Rs.565 Crore, this is the largest SPV power plant order …

BHEL bags Rs 565 cr order for solar power plants in Telangana14 Jan 2019 10:20State-owned power equipment maker BHEL on Monday said it has won an order worth Rs 565 crore from Singareni Collieries Company for setting up solar photovoltaic (SPV) power plants in Telangana.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said the order valued at …

Lukewarm response to strike call09 Jan 2019 05:44Activists owing allegiance to the CITU, IFTU and other major trade unions took out rallies in different parts of the erstwhile composite Khammam district on day one of the two-day nationwide strike called by 10 central trade unions on Tuesday.
The call for …

BHEL commissions 800 MW supercritical thermal plant in record time05 Jan 2019 10:07Enhanced focus on expeditious project execution has resulted in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) creating a new benchmark of successfully commissioning a 800 MW thermal unit within a record time of 46 months. This is a marked improvement over the …

Finish Goliwada pump house dry run by Mar. 31: CM03 Jan 2019 04:54Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed officials to speed up work for completion of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) to lift Godavari water from June onwards.
The Chief Minister inspected the Goliwada pump house in Anthargaon mandal …

Telangana: Blankets distributed among homeless02 Jan 2019 16:04HYDERABAD: Several parts of Telangana, including Hyderabad, continued to experience cold conditions with the lowest minimum temperature of six degrees Celsius recorded in districts of Adilabad and Medak, officials said on Wednesday.
Severe cold wave …

Horror of 'Honour Killing' Haunts India Again - Reports25 Dec 2018 07:07Asia & Pacific
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A 22-year-old woman in southern India was murdered by her father and brother after she married her lover, who belonged to a lower caste. Police suspect that she was first beaten to …

Honour killing: Parents burn daughter for intercaste marriage24 Dec 2018 08:56[India], Dec 24 (ANI): In a shocking incident of suspected honour killing, a woman was allegedly burnt alive on Saturday night by her father in collusion with other family members as the man she married was from a different caste. They also allegedly threw …

TRS strength goes up to 89; ‘Operation Akarsh’ Starts12 Dec 2018 15:47Hyderabad: Now, the strength of the ruling TRS is poised to increase, as some of the Independents are likely to join it. As a beginning, Korakanti Chander, who successfully contested the election from Ramagundam constituency as an Independent, today …

Telangana election results 2018: TRS improves tally in north state12 Dec 2018 10:43North Telangana, which has been a Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) stronghold since the Telangana movement, reposed its faith in TRS yet again and helped the pink party bag more seats in the region than the 2014 assembly polls.
Of the 54 assembly seats in …

Forward Block MLA in Telangana defects to TRS12 Dec 2018 10:31Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) Within 24 hours of his election to the Telangana Assembly, the lone legislator of the All India Forward Block, K. Chandar Patel, announced that he is switching loyalties to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Chandar, elected from …

Telangana election results: Pretty in pink12 Dec 2018 04:41By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: The results in Greater Hyderabad, a region that was projected as the key to winning the polls, reflected the State-wide trend against the Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party, both of whom are wiped out in the …

T'gana: KTR says TRS will win 100-plus seats02 Dec 2018 13:08HYDERABAD: With Telangana elections five days away, IT minister Rao did a Q&A with his followers on Twitter as he 'battled well, bowled well and fielded well', as cricket captains would say of the 'boys' after a match win. Except here, …

Sabarimala Special Trains01 Dec 2018 19:11South Central Railway will run the following trains to clear extra rush of passengers during the ensuing Sabarimala festival season. Advance Reservation for these special trains from Kollam will open at 08.00 hrs tomorrow, 28th November 2018.
1)Train No. …

Hyderabad: Temperature dropped below average to 13.9ºC27 Nov 2018 09:02Hyderabad: The temperature dropped below the average for this time of the year elsewhere too. Nizamabad and Hakimpet recorded 16ºC whereas Hanmakonda and Ramagundam recorded 14ºC.
Adilabad was the coldest in the state at 8ºC followed by 11ºC in Medak. On …

Hyderabad shivers as Mercury drops to 13.90C26 Nov 2018 20:12Hyderabad: The temperature fell to 13.9ºC early on Monday, the lowest temperature this season. Adilabad was the coldest in the state at 8ºC followed by 11ºC in Medak.
The mercury dropped below the average for this time of the year elsewhere too. …

TRS ignores rebel candidates22 Nov 2018 08:37As the deadline for withdrawal of nominations will expire on Thursday, the leadership of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has made no serious attempt to mollify the rebels who have filed their papers with a view to ensure that they pulled out.
Unlike the …

Telangana Rights Commission notice on Ramagundam top cop28 Oct 2018 03:26By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: The State Human Rights Commission served notices to the Ramagundam police commissioner, asking him to submit a report on the alleged police excess on a person from Godavarikhani town. The commission ordered him to submit …

NFL signs MoA with Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited29 Aug 2018 13:01Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (RFCL) is a Joint venture company promoted by NFL, EIL and FCIL to revive old FCIL plant at Ramagundam in Telangana. The plant is likely to start commercial production by the year 2019.
NFL has signed …

SCCL solar power plant to come up in Ramagundam14 Feb 2018 05:48The proposed first solar power plant by the Singareni Collieries Company limited (SCCL) of 50 MW capacity is likely to come up in the Ramagundam-3 division of the Godavarikhani coal belt region in Peddapalli district soon.
Ever since, the Singareni …

Crime rate down in Ramagundam Commissionerate31 Dec 2017 06:00Thanks to the active role played by the police and also due to involvement of the public in policing activities, crime rate came down drastically in the newly formed Ramagundam Commissionerate of Police comprising Peddapalli and Mancherial districts.
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Ramagundam fertiliser unit to be commissioned in 2019: Minister09 Nov 2017 09:43Mos Ananth Kumar Hegde (File |ANI)
HYDERABAD: The work on the Ramagundam fertiliser plant in Telangana is going on at a brisk pace and it will be commissioned in 2019, Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar has said.
He also said that the …

Ramagundam in Telangana sizzles at 45 degree Celsius22 May 2017 20:24Hyderabad:Telangana continued to reel under heat wave conditions with Ramagundam today recording the the highest maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius in the state, an IMD data said.
Ramagundam was followed by Nizamabad at 44 degrees Celsius.
Several …

BHEL bags ₹233-cr order from Ramagundam Fertilizers16 May 2017 16:55Hyderabad, May 16:
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged an order for supply of a steam and power generation package from Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd, a project which is being revived.
The ₹233-crore order was bagged by the state-owned …

Ramagundam B power station on verge of closure20 Jan 2017 19:49The first thermal power station in the Ramagundam coal belt region, the Ramagundam B (62.5 MW) Thermal power station maintained by TSGenco, is on the verge of closure following the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) recommending the retirement of the …